WA Law Means Linking to Gambling Websites Illegal 300
tpoker writes "Following a previous story on Washington State making online gambling a felony, the Seattle Times reports that the first legal salvos have begun. 'The first casualty in the state's war on Internet gambling is a local Web site where nobody was actually doing any gambling. What a Bellingham man did on his site was write about online gambling. He reviewed Internet casinos. He had links to them, and ran ads by them. All that, says the state -- the ads, the linking, even the discussing -- violates a new state law barring online wagering or using the Internet to transmit 'gambling information ... Telling people how to gamble online, where to do it, giving a link to it -- that's all obviously enabling something that is illegal.'"
Bets? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unconstitutionality approaching. (Score:5, Funny)
HA! (Score:5, Funny)
Yay! (Score:2, Funny)
Okay kiddies! Let's play "BREAK THE INTERNET!"
You can't host, can't link, can't surf, can't, can't, can't.
Your computer's on? Can't have that! ARREST HIM!
Fuck, Yakov Smirnov's going to be moving back to Russia pretty soon.
In Russia, you go to parties to fuck.
In America, the parties fuck YOU!
Re:Unconstitutionality approaching. (Score:4, Funny)
stupidity (Score:3, Funny)
Time to raid the server farms everyone.
(how to get your competing server farm or web host if they are located in WA).
1) rent from the space
2) but up gambling sight ( using IP routed through foreign country.)
3) report to WA the violation ( rinse repeate).
Thus driving up your competitors operating costs because now they have to monitor every sight they host or be shut down.
( i know I know not that terribly realist but the thought was funny
It's nice to see Washington State... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why stop at one? (Score:2, Funny)